My Dream Theater Odyssey -- 9/24/11 *set list spoilers*

[goldfalcon]

Nice reviews guys!  You just made it that much more difficult for me to wait until DT get here in October.

Alex

[Tis BOOLsheet]

glad to hear mangini didnt disappoint. the guy is a beast of a player and a great performer. hes also one of the nicest professional musicians ive ever met.

[Gadough]

Trivium were VERY good.  I'm not into the screamy growly stuff in general, with a few exceptions, but I picked up their latest album and find it pretty good.  There were a LOT of fans sporting Trivium shirts, and the crowed was totally into it.  Our seats were perfect for observing some hardcore moshing down below us, and sometimes it was just as much fun watching the crowd as it was watching the band.  Overall, even though they are not a band that I am as into as others, it was great seeing a really solid performance from an established and talented band who know how to respect the audience and the headlining band when they are capable of headlining and are touring in an opening slot.  Great intro, and I think they got the crowed pretty fired up and ready to go.  Too bad so many seats were empty and more people didn't give this band a chance.

I'm glad they got good reception. Based on some of the reactions on this board, I was seriously afraid they would get bottled every night.

My only issue is that you got me totally amped for Dusk Dismantled, and they didn't play it.    Still, three songs from the new album, so it was cool.  But I was all set for DD to be played, and was surprised when they didn't.

That's surprising....maybe they omitted it because it has no clean vocals, which would be a smart move if they chose to build the setlist around Dream Theater's fans instead of their own.

[vulcandj]

I, too was at the show (and I was wearing the same shirt that the guy all the way to the right in the picture was wearing). Your review was spot on. Although I don't think the applause was for "These Walls": I think the fans were letting DT know that we still support them. The crowd was also screaming "Man-gi-ni" during that time, so that's what I got out of it. It was my 8th time and I thought it was the best performance that I've seen. They looked like they were having a lot of fun, and it showed. And I got to hear TGD live for the first time, along with SM, so there was a bonus to it. And the more I listen to the new CD, the more I am in awe of these guys.